Friendship founder calls for solidarity in building resilience to cope with natural disasters An elderly woman just inside of her inundated house in Kheyar Alga in Kurigram, on June 22, 2021. ©Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Runa KhanJune 28, 2022 Bangladesh is reeling...
by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJuly 26, 2022 The Padma Bridge, a long-awaited, much-hyped and perhaps overdue infrastructural achievement that launched yesterday is more than just a point of pride for Bangladesh, being the deepest bridge in the world and using the...
The big question on World Refugee Day 2022: Could the developed world’s generous response to Ukraine be coming at the cost of funds for other humanitarian crises? Unaware of his future and that of his brother's, he looks to a bleak sky for answers that are to this day...
The responsibility for climate action lies on every individual—a kind reminder for World Environment Day. by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMay 31, 2022 “There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To...
Inspiring stories of Friendship community staff going beyond their responsibilities for humanity and the well-being of their communities Friendship staff help an elderly man onboard ©Wasama Doja/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 25, 2022 When Friendship Community...
A short documentary on a woman's path to prosperity through hardship and environmental calamity Friendship News DeskMay 19, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oo0kmjrad4&t=108s Nazma has had a life of continuous hardship – abandoned by her husband multiple...
Mother's day: Motherhood is a blessing, but apparently sometimes it’s a frightful game of roulette by MD ABDUL JALIL and NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINMay 8, 2022 Mother's Day is of course a day to celebrate the wondrous miracle of motherhood. But perhaps it's also a time to...
On Shakib Al Hasan and the spirit of giving back in the season of charity by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURYApril 21, 2022 Shakib Al Hasan, world’s number one cricket all-rounder launched the Friends and Heroes campaign in February of 2021, by putting a light on the Heroes...
A woman walks along a broken embankment amidst the waves. ©AJ GHANI/FRIENDSHIP by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINApril 7, 2022 Many of the world’s biggest health hazards today are caused by things we’re doing to the environment—air pollution, water contamination, hazardous...
An international volunteer doctor recounts her experiences at a Friendship floating hospital The medical team with Runa Khan, founder, Friendship. PHOTO COURTESY: DR. FINA TOMÀS by DR. FINA TOMÀSMarch 23, 2022 It is a slow, cautious look, perhaps out of fear, perhaps...